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had done away with the Last Chance Qualifier. No worries. The Aussie used his provisional start, lined up at the back of the grid, and carved his way up to second in the race's opening lap and a half. Once there, he settled into a seven-rider scrap for the win, fighting most heavily with his long-time rival, Chase Saathoff on the 1st Impressions Husqvarna, and his budding successor, young Australian Bodie Paige on the RWR/American Honda CRF450R. But in the end, Drane was Drane, claiming the victory by 0.088 of a second to become the class's all-time winningest Miler (nine wins) one week after becoming the class's all-time AFT Singles Just when things on the Kicker AFT Singles front were trending toward predictable, the condi- tions conspired to keep things interesting. The dominant Tom Drane came in the heavy pre-race favor- ite, even if the margin of victory was expected to be of the 0.0x variety. The reigning champion had a well-earned reputation as a Mile extraordinaire and was just rounding into midseason form, as evidenced by his three straight wins heading to Du Quoin. That aura of invincibility was strained when Drane suffered a rare mechanical issue during his heat race, on a day when the weather-compressed schedule ROUND 10 / JULY 5, 2026 DU QUOIN STATE FAIRGROUNDS / DU QUOIN, ILLINOIS FLAT TRACK I AMA PROGRESSIVE AMERICAN FLAT TRACK P92 winningest rider, full stop (now at 25 and counting). Home-state hero Saathoff fin- ished second for the third time in Du Quoin (and incredibly, his loss by 0.088 of a second is his worst-ever defeat here), while Aussie prodigy Paige upped his class podium record to three- for-three despite riding in pain after catching his foot in a rut. Roof Systems/Texas Utility Studies/Vinson Construction's Tarren Santero finished fourth, with Memphis Shades/Corbin/ OTB Racing's Bradon Pfanders in fifth. Drane has well and truly taken over this title fight with a lead that now sits at 41 points over Saathoff (203-162) with six rounds to go. CN AFT SuperTwins (Top 10) 1. Kody Kopp (H-D) 25 Laps 2. Davis Fisher (KTM) +0.012 3. Dallas Daniels (Yam) +0.058 4. Briar Bauman (H-D) +0.167 5. Hunter Bauer (Yam) +8.448 6. Trent Lowe (Hon) +19.172 7. Declan Bender (Yam) +19.504 8. Ben Lowe (KTM) +19.620 9. Cody Johncox (Yam) +28.345 10. Dalton Gauthier (RE) +28.795 AFT Singles (Top 10) 1. Tom Drane (Yam) 18 Laps 2. Chase Saathoff (Hus) +0.088 3. Bodie Paige (Hon) +0.131 4. Tarren Santero (Hon) +0.702 5. Bradon Pfanders (Yam) +1.043 6. Walker Porter (Hon) +1.286 7. Evan Kelleher (KTM) +2.197 8. Trevor Brunner (Hon) +5.283 9. Kage Tadman (Hon) +16.334 10. Jordan Beaulac (GG) +16.624 Bodie Paige (165) was a close third in the Singles class.